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No one has a right to have their mistakes hidden, though certainly we could talk about whether a merciful & forgiving society should forget because it's the rig
by st26 8y ago
No one has a right to have their mistakes hidden, though certainly we could talk about whether a merciful & forgiving society should forget because it's the right thing to do.
- BillinghamJ 8y agoIn the EU they do.
- tlrobinson 8y agoIf you take “right to be forgotten” literally it’s actually quite dystopian: the only way to enforce it is to erase peoples’ memories.
- ianai 8y agoActually it’s my understanding that kids have their records cleared once they hit 18 in the US. I don’t know the full specifics of that or whether it applies in only certain states/locals. But I think there is logic to it that also suggests allowing people a rewrite.
- custos 8y agoIt varies by state: http://www.vocativ.com/412398/juvenile-criminal-records-myth/index.html http://www.vocativ.com/412398/juvenile-criminal-records-myth...
- walterstucco 8y agoIt exists in Europe. It's called "right to be forgotten"